18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Really bad, October 19, 2009
This review is from: Bargain with the Devil (Paperback)
This book was just plain bad even by romance-novel standards. The author decides to add a supernatural twist by having Caroline Bingley attempt to perform witchcraft on Elizabeth. The provider of said spell is none other than Ipswitch the good witch and the curse only works if the people deserve it. Oh, please. This book is a cross between a bad short story written by a fifth grader and a bad harlequin romance.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good idea, bad follow through, December 11, 2009
This review is from: Bargain with the Devil (Paperback)
I always like a good steamy Pride and Prejudice story. So, when I saw this one here on Amazon and saw that it was a sensual version, I just had to buy it. Well, first off, the description is in name only. I say now that there are spoilers ahead:
The description leads you to believe that Darcy cons Elizabeth into becoming his mistress in payment for helping find Lydia and Wickham. The idea never enters his mind! It's Elizabeth who actually thinks that's what he wants. Instead, he just wants to spend some time with her to get to know her better. That was disappointment number one.
Number two was a stupid plot device. Darcy and Elizbeth were doing just fine and were going to get married when Caroline Bingley, jealous woman that she is, decides to use a voodoo spell to make Elizabeth turn into an insatiable sex fiend in the hopes that she'll have sex with any man she comes across thus ruining her chances with Darcy. Well that backfires since Elizabeth was sleeping with Darcy (before they were actually married) and therefore relieved her itch with him, quite happily on both their parts. When Darcy learned what Caroline had done, he worried there might be repercussions. I find it very hard to believe that Darcy, an educated man who took no nonsense from anyone, would believe Elizabeth had been bewitched. And then to top it off, they waited 6 MONTHS after they were married to find the witch who gave Caroline the spell ingrediants in order to thank her for all she'd done and yet find out if there were any problems. And not only did they wait but for some reason they had to go in disguise! That made no sense whatsoever except to give another reason to put Elizabeth in a young man's clothes and have a comedic conversation about her mustache getting in the way of their kisses.
The good parts were the sex scenes were quite good. The dialogue wasn't too bad and the first half of the story was decent. It's a short book (much shorter than I realized) and thus a quick read. The author also has a website dedicated to steamy P&P stories, some Regency era and some futuristic and some modern but all with a touch of sex, some more than others. She might have been better off submitting some of her other modern or futuristic works since they seem to have a better flow to them.
On the whole, this isn't a bad book and Pride and Prejudice fans who wish to read or own all re-writes and sequels will enjoy it for what it is but don't expect it to be some great piece of literature or even a great romance novel the likes of Catherine Anderson or Nora Roberts.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cute Story, September 16, 2009
This review is from: Bargain with the Devil (Paperback)
This was a cute little bit of fluff with just enough erotica to make it very spicy, and enjoyable. The plot was well thought out and flowed well. The only problem I saw was that it is too short; however, if the author every decides to take it to the next level and develop it into a novel, this will be a great story.
I recommend it for that little something extra often needed to flesh out your order. Add it to
Moonlighting, another great story I am reading.
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